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Back in February, I wrote a post on the build scheduling feature that we've added for Orcas.  In that post, I stated that we designed it such that the scheduled build only occurs if there has been a checkin that affects the build. Based on feedback, we changed it so that you have the option to force the scheduled build to run even if nothing h...

Jim Lamb has posted a couple of specs recently. The first is a Windows tray app that notifies you when builds complete, like CCTray does for CruiseControl.Net.  Due to the time constraints of the Orcas release, we were not able to implement this for the product, but we are considering releasing it as a power tool for Orcas, in addition t...

Richard Berg updated the Outlook macros I posted nearly two years ago to work with Outlook 2007.  These macros will convert the selected number into a hyperlink to that work item or changeset.  I have them hooked up to Alt+W and Alt+C for work items and changesets, respectively. Outlook macro for work item and changeset hyperlinks -- up...

Periodically, the topic of having a Tortoise SVN-like client for TFS comes up.  The CodePlex team announced yesterday that they are writing a free "bridge" to make the real Tortoise SVN work with TFS.  It's an interesting approach. CodePlex to support TortoiseSVN The number one new feature request from users is for CodePlex to support S...

Last August, I posted a set of links to sites with MSBuild tasks for all sorts of things you might need to run your build.  The SDC Tasks Library, which was part of Microsoft Services (UK) Enterprise Solutions Build Framework (SBF) on the GotDotNet, is now on CodePlex. SDC Tasks Library Project DescriptionThis is the latest vers...

Rido posted a cool way to see your test results from a build without having to copy the information locally and view it in VS.  Pretty cool! TestResults Reports in TFS Builds If you use TFSBuilds with VS UnitTests, you know how to inspect the TestResults: you must download the whole directory to your local machine, and sometimes this fo...

For those of you in the Chicago area that use Team System, Clark Sell will be presenting at the Chicago VSTS Users Group meeting.  It should be a great time to learn more about VSTS! Chicago VSTS Users Group, Round 2 Since I am speaking this time, I can't help but self promote can I? Right now I am in the middle of sketching out content and ...

 Pierre Greborio, a developer over in MSTV, has contributed a great new feature to the power tool task that allows you to run tests without .vsmdi files: test categories.  Those of you who have used NUnit are probably familiar with the Category attribute.  Test categories allow you to execute specific groups of unit tests.  To t...

Brian Keller points out that Doug Neumann's Guidance for Structuring Team Projects is now available on the Microsoft Team Foundation Server Branching Guidance CodePlex project. Guidance for Structuring Team Projects - Doug Neumann - Microsoft Corporation Introduction One of the most important considerations when looking to deploy Team Foundation...

Kannan Sundararajan has written a couple of posts on how to use TFS as an ASP.NET data source.  If you are interested in displaying TFS data in ASP.NET-driven web pages, you'll want to check it out. First he shows you how to build the data source and gives you the code that you need to build the dll. TFS Data Source ASP.NET Control While le...